Abstract:
A study was conducted to examine the effect of different spawn types on oyster
(.Pleurotus ostreatus) mushroom produced on sawdust. Spawn running (mycelia
development), pinhead formation, fruit body formation, and yield of oyster {Pleurotus
ostreatus) mushroom on sawdust spawned with different types of spawns were studied.
Locally available kurakkan {Eleusine coracana), maize (broken) (Zea mays), sorghum
{Sorghum bicolor), and paddy {Oryza sativa) were used for spawn production. Four
spawn types were tested on a medium based on sawdust. The experiment was designed
as a complete randomized design with three replicates. The fastest spawn running of 21
± 1 days, pinhead formation of 35 ± 1 days, and highest yield of 46.37 ± 0.67 g were
realized with the three other types of spawns. The kurakkan {Eleusine coracana) spawn
accelerated spawn running, pinhead formation, and fruit body formation and increased
yield, when compared with other spawn types v/z; maize {Zea mays), sorghum
{Sorghum bicolor), and paddy {Oryza sativa).
